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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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901
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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Estimate €40,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Posthumous (260–269). Aureus ND (263), Cologne.
Obverse: POSTVMVS – PIVS AVG. Laureate head facing right.
Rev. ROMAE AET - ERNAE. Rome seated on the left, holding a victory figure in her right hand and a sceptre in her left.
Calicó 3775 - RIC.36 - RIC V-4, p.106, type 231 (17 known examples); Gold – 6.31 g – 20 mm – 7 h
From the J. Evans collection, Rollin and Feuardent auction, Drouot, 26 May 1909, lot 259.
A trace of a trial strike and a few small marks on the edge and the flanks. With a fine, expressive portrait and the full grain pattern on the obverse. A scratch in the centre of the reverse. Rare. Superb.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, successful bidders from the EU will also be required to pay 5.5% VAT on this lot
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